ST. BONIFACIUS, Minn. (Oct. 9, 2026) - The Buena Vista volleyball team went back on the road Friday night to play in the Crown College Triangular, and following a pair of 3-0 sweeps and a loss by Wesleyan (CT), the Beavers are now the lone remaining unbeaten team in DIII at 16-0.
BVU had little trouble in either match and rolled to its eighth straight sweep. The night began against Emmaus University, a member of the Midwest Christian College Conference. The Beavers scored the first 19 points of the match with senior
Hope Vanderlinden on serve and cruised to a dominating 25-6 victory. They completed the sweep with 25-13 and 25-17 victories over the final two sets. BVU tallied 36 kills overall while holding Emmaus to only 12. Sophomore
Charley Hernandez continues her torrid season with a match-high 10 kills to go along with seven digs. Senior
Sydney Meints followed with eight kills and a .467 percentage. Vanderlinden chipped in with four kills and a career-high five ace serves.
It was more of the same against Crown with the Beavers turning in 15 kills on 38 swings in the opening set while rolling to a 25-12 victory. BVU finished the match with a .339 percentage. Hernandez chalked up yet another 13 kills and would reach 500 career kills in the process and now sits at 502. Meints added eight kills and another efficient match with a .412 percentage. Vanderlinden mastered the serve for a second straight match with four more ace serves. Junior setters
Merced Ramirez and
Anabel Seaman each dished out 16 assists. Both players are closing in on 300 assists this season.
Defensively, freshman libero
Kaylee Wray dug up a match-high 14 balls with fellow freshman
Nora Konz adding 13 to help the Beavers hold Crown to a .100 attack percentage.
Buena Vista (16-0) is off until hosting Loras College (7-13, 0-1 A-R-C) on Friday, Oct. 16 at 6 p.m.
